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That's a pretty unprofessional approach for a major sporting organisation to take and it's open to power abuse. Sounds like something FIFA would do, but we're better than that ;)

Well what do you suggest? Do they just change the decision without going through a proper mediating process?

I doubt the IRB are appealing because they think his stomp was a terrible act that deserves punishment. They might just be doing it because they don't want the test the commissioner used to become a precedent.

Personally I think the player on the ground should be cited for putting Horwill's foot in danger. Rugby jerseys these days are so slippery and Horwill was clearly struggling to find any grip there.

Every time someone gets cited we all find similar occurrences to compare it to. But the process is not meant to pick up every single potential instance of foul play. You just pick the ones the refs called, and a few more 'obvious' breaches of law 10 that were missed by the officials. If you do...

Neutral source possibly, but not a neutral article. Such disjointed logic and you'd think an organisation with close ties to the IRB would be able to find out why the IRB are actually appealing this decision rather than to put their name to some ridiculous conspiracy. No wonder no one put...

The IRB are appealing the Horwill decision because the media told them to? Or the home nations told them to? I must have missed something. The fact is the IRB has insurers to face and if what Horwill did is not deemed a red card because we can't tell if he meant it or not, they might not be...

Palu was working non stop for that 80 mins with a knee that probably wasn't close to 100%. And every single run I noticed him make made it over the advantage line. A great performance. As for the game. Was good to watch, shame Kurtley slipped at the end I thought he would nail that. Looking...

Who was the last Wallaby outside back to not debut on the wing? edit: I can think of maybe Morahan against Scotland. But in terms of players debuting in a full strength wallabies side, they seem to be a rare occurrence.

I hope MMM and McCabe are good to go on Saturday (off the bench I'd assume). It will undoubtedly be a physical game and I can't think of two better guys to have as re-enforcements. Might tip either one of them for a late try.

It might be. But I hope they aren't seriously suggesting that the Lions have a bad habit of entering the tackle from the wrong side. I mean, sometimes the Lions take up that space between the ball and opposition on purpose, but that is offside in general. And it isn't something I've noticed as...

Well they have been called up for a couple of obstructions from memory. And their scrum has been given plenty of advice from the refs. The thing about most of these is that they don't always have an impact on the game, so there is no reason to ping most of them. (just play on) Good...

While I was researching front row stats on my stolen laptop. I noticed that Ben Alexander was getting over the advantage line more than most props in our national team. So shocked at this point, I threw a beer at my neighbor, as he had lost the bet we had in regards to this matter. I then...

Slim is the final arbitrator of super rugby form on GAGR. The cases are real, the rulings are final!

The thing about bad captains is that being completely ineffective talking to the referee is just the start of their problems. If guys at that level can't recognize a flaw in their behavior, despite watching a HD replay of their game every week you just know they are going to piss off quite a lot...

Far out guys. It was a Wednesday night, and people just wanted to watch the B&I Lions. No one I saw walked away from the game complaining. And it's not like anyone besides Lions fans sacrificed anything to be there. Move on.

should have started Samo and made him captain. Reds put together a good side though, hopefully you guys get decent weather on Saturday so we see what that backline can do.

lmao 'accidental stomping'. This isn't state of origin. Agree about the collapsed maul though. But if we want penalty tries we need to not commit foul play ourselves first.

Careful, the Bulls will sign all our players first with subtle obstruction techniques like that. Seriously though, good signs now. They are playing a bit smarter.

They attack really well and get over that advantage line. Only problem is they should get a bit more territory before bashing the ball up field. Save your energy for that stuff in the OPP 22!